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Research Project: Genetic Improvement of Sugarcane for Adaptation to Temperate Climates

Location: Sugarcane Research

Title: Registration of ‘Ho 13-710’ Sugarcane

Author
item Todd, James
item Hale, Anna
item Pan, Yong Bao
item TEW, THOMAS - Retired ARS Employee
item Dufrene, Dawson
item Duet Jr, Michael
item Verdun, David
item Landry, Cory
item GRISHAM, MICHAEL - Retired ARS Employee
item KIMBENG, COLLINS - LSU Agcenter
item GRAVOIS, KENNETH - LSU Agcenter
item PONTIF, MICHAEL - LSU Agcenter
item WAGUESPACK, JR., HERMAN - American Sugar Cane League
item SCOTT, JR., ANDY - Winecup Consulting
item HERNANDEZ, ED - Rio Farms, Inc
item KLOSTERMANN, MATT - Rio Farms, Inc
item NUESSLY, GREGG - University Of Florida
item White, William
item Richard, Randy

Submitted to: American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/10/2023
Publication Date: 3/11/2023
Citation: Todd, J.R., Hale, A.L., Pan, Y., Tew, T.L., Dufrene, D.J., Duet Jr, M.J., Verdun, D.L., Landry, C.J., Grisham, M.P., Kimbeng, C.A., Gravois, K.A., Pontif, M.J., Waguespack, Jr., H.L., Scott, Jr., A.W., Hernandez, E., Klostermann, M., Nuessly, G.S., White, W.H., Richard, R.T. 2023. Registration of ‘Ho 13-710’ Sugarcane. American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. 43/7-14.

Interpretive Summary: The development of new sugarcane varieties for south Texas is necessary to maintain diversity and increase yield. For this purpose, elite clones from the Louisiana variety development program at the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Station in Houma, Louisiana, are evaluated in Texas to identify new adapted cultivars for release in Texas. One of these, Ho 13-710, was dropped from the Louisiana program because of susceptibility to Mosaic, but continued evaluation in Texas because mosaic was less of a problem there. Ho 13-710 has superior cane yield to the Texas standards in plant cane and had equivalent yield in ratoon. The release of Ho 13-710 gives the Texas industry a new high yielding cultivar as a planting option in place of older declining cultivars.

Technical Abstract: ‘Ho 13-710’ (Reg. No. CV-xxx, PI xxxxxx) sugarcane (an interspecific hybrid of S. officinarum, S. barberi Jeswiet, S. spontaneum, and S. sinense Roxb. amend. Jeswiet) was crossed, selected, and evaluated by scientists at the USDA-ARS, working cooperatively with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, the American Sugar Cane League of the U.S.A., Inc., and Rio Farms Inc. The new cultivar was released in 2020, primarily for the Texas sugar industry. In field evaluations, Ho 13-710 had cane and sugar yields comparable to CP 89-2143 and CP 72-1210, which are widely grown in Texas. In the plant-cane crop, Ho 13-710 had significantly higher sugar yield and cane yield compared to CP 72-1210 and higher cane yield than CP 89-2143. Ho 13-710 is resistant to smut (Sporisorium scitamineum), and brown rust (Puccinia melanocephala). Ho 13-710 is susceptible to Sugarcane mosaic caused by Sorghum mosaic virus. Orange rust caused by P. kuehnii has not been observed on Ho 13-710.